Philip Andrew Fisher

Dr. Philip Andrew Fisher is the Diana Chen Professor of Early Childhood Learning at Stanford University's Graduate School of Education, with a courtesy appointment in Pediatrics. His work focuses on early childhood interventions, neurobiological impacts of adversity, and translational research bridging science to policy. He leads the RAPID-EC project, a national survey on young children's well-being during the pandemic. Fisher has pioneered evidence-based interventions like TFCO-P, KITS, and FIND, addressing social-emotional development in high-risk populations.

• Research Interests: Brain plasticity, child development under adversity, scalable interventions, and family resilience.
• Awards: 2012 Translational Science Award (SPR), 2019 American Psychological Society Fellowship.
• Key Projects: RAPID-EC, FIND video coaching, and neurodevelopment studies in foster care populations.
• Collaborations: Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford Accelerator for Learning.

His 200+ publications span developmental psychology, neuroscience, and public health. Recent work examines pandemic impacts on families, material hardship, and racial disparities in child outcomes.